Drug access among homeless men in Toronto

Table 2: Responses regarding prescriptions given to 100 of the homeless men in the year before the survey Response % of men n = 100 Prescription not filled     Residents at shelter A 6   Residents at shelter B 20   Overall 12 Reason for prescription     Pain, injury or other musculoskeletal problem 31   Psychiatric condition 19   Cold or flu 12   Other 38 Self-rated assessment of the seriousness of the problem for which prescription was written     Very serious 36   Somewhat serious 32   Not serious 31

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